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Mental Health, Not Hate, Behind Brooklyn Attack | Raleigh News
A man sentenced to six months in prison for crashing his car into Brooklyn’s Chabad Lubavitch headquarters five times was described by the judge as a “sad tale” — not a hate crime, but an act driven by severe mental illness. Prosecutors sought a harsher sentence amid a surge in anti-Jewish hate crimes in NYC, but the judge resisted letting public fear shape justice. Defense argued the attack was an “irrational cry for help” stemming from trauma and a search for belonging — a claim backed by psychiatric reports. The man, who didn’t speak in court, thanked the judge at the end. He’s ordered to…
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